SB1879

The property: the act’s legal description identifies 14.999 acres from a 279.39-acre parent tract in the P. Gray League, A-24, Walker County, along FM 2821 and Smith Hill Road. Only the state’s and department’s interests in that described tract are covered—not all department land in the county. The detailed boundary calls in the act control; this summary is not a survey. Final law, Section 1(a) and (f).

Transfer conditions: the department must act as soon as practicable, using a transfer instrument that describes the boundaries and expressly includes the justice-center-only restriction and automatic return conditions. After recording in Walker County’s real-property records, the department retains custody of the instrument. The ten-year clock runs from the transfer date, not the signing date of the law. This review does not establish that the transfer or construction has occurred. Final law, Section 1(a)–(d).

Special transfer route: the act excludes Natural Resources Code Sections 31.158 and 31.159, which govern ordinary legislatively authorized state real-estate transactions and the School Land Board’s first purchase option. It sets no purchase price and provides no construction appropriation. Final law, Section 1(e); Transaction procedures; First purchase option.

Passage: the introduced, Senate committee, Senate-passed, House committee and final versions have the same substantive transfer terms and boundary measurements; the comparison found only punctuation-spacing differences in the introduced text. Both committees reported without amendments, and no floor amendments are indexed. Introduced; Senate committee; Senate-passed; House committee; Final law; Version index; Amendment index.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

Walker County is to receive a designated site for a justice center, but its use is restricted and subject to automatic return. The state parts with its property interests under those conditions. The act does not estimate construction or operating costs, establish a market value or guarantee completion of a facility. Final law.

The March 30 fiscal note anticipates no significant state or local-government fiscal implication and assumes implementation costs can be absorbed using existing resources. That is not a statement that constructing a justice center is free; the bill itself supplies no construction budget. Official fiscal note; Final law.